Our Purpose

Building Better Businesses

At YFM Equity Partners, our purpose is to empower ambitious businesses to grow, innovate, and create long-term value. We provide more than just capital, we offer strategic partnership, expertise, and hands-on support to help businesses unlock their full potential.

Our building better businesses framework

We believe good businesses grow our economy, improve our society, value people and protect our environment.

To deliver on our mission, and to meet our commitments as signatories to the UN’s Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), YFM has defined four broad topics that we believe good businesses should be focussed on.

Grow Our Economy

Through our investing activity, foster sustainable & inclusive growth that has a positive impact on our economy.

Value Our People

Creating a positive and inclusive culture, supporting people to realise their potential in our portfolio companies.

Improve our society

Making a positive contribution to our communities and their stakeholders, in areas we are passionate about and can make a difference.

In a sustainable way

Taking tangible action to reduce our impact on the environment. Enabling our portfolio to reduce their environmental impact and set targets to reduce carbon emissions over time.

Responsible Investing

Our latest Responsible Investing report highlights our continued commitment to integrating ESG factors throughout YFM and our portfolio.

Read latest Report Responsible Investment Policy

Our Portfolio In Action

In addition to reducing the impact on the environment we believe that adopting commercially sustainable practices can enhance long term resilience to a business model and therefore create enhanced equity value. YFM’s 2024 portfolio data based on the Key Performance Indicators that we track:

~865

jobs created from date of investment to 2024.

£125m

of exports

71%

conduct formal employee engagement surveys.

68%

supported charities during the year.

ESG Case Studies

ESG News

Just Released: YFM’s 2024 Responsible Investment Report

Explore how YFM is backing sustainable, high-growth businesses in our newly released 2024 Responsible Investment Report. From record-breaking investments to hands-on ESG support, find out how we’re helping portfolio companies tackle carbon, culture and cyber – and why responsible investing is good for business and the planet.

ESG News

Beyond the Buzzwords: Why Carbon Measurement Matters for Growing Businesses

How carbon measurement can give portfolio companies a commercial edge: Following our latest carbon webinar with Positive Planet, we explore how credible emissions data is helping YFM-backed businesses stand out in tenders, cut costs, and future-proof for growth – and why it’s a key part of the value we bring to our portfolio.

ESG News

Fuuse Powering the Future of EV Charging with Smart Solutions

As the shift to electric vehicles (EVs) gains momentum, the need for intelligent and efficient charging infrastructure has never been greater. Fuuse, a pioneer in charge point management software, is revolutionising EV charging by enhancing accessibility, optimising energy use, and supporting the seamless adoption of sustainable transport solutions.

ESG News

How ThinkHire Built Strategic Partnerships To Drive Sustainable Growth and Impact

Find out how Think Hire formed strategic partnerships to power economically viable and environmentally responsible growth.

ESG Initiatives

Leading By Example

We believe we should set an example to our portfolio by making continuous improvements to our own ESG performance. At the heart of our culture is “One YFM”, which embodies our inclusivity and collaboration. It means coming together as a team to make a positive impact on our investments, people, and society. Giving back to the community is a big part of who we are. We are proud to help create a greener, more sustainable future.

Giving back

In the past year we have given over £63,000 through donations and fundraising to 13 charities.